Category: Film Previews
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Trailer Watch: September 6, 2010
We’re back to daily updates, at least hopefully. Today we have a new trailer for Life As We Know It and a second poster for Faster. LIFE AS WE KNOW IT Plot Summary: After their friends die unexpectedly, two disparate individuals are brought together to raise their child despite their animosity towards one another. Release…
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Previews: Week Ending September 5, 2010
It was an incredibly slow week. One new trailer and six new posters and that was it. Poster Highlights: For lack of trailers this week, at least we had a few nice posters to look at. The Next Three Days was easily the best of the bunch, but the posters for Alpha and Omega and…
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Trailer Watch: September 3, 2010
And so ends one of the slowest weeks ever. Here’s your lone new poster today. YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER, poster #2 Plot Summary: The latest relationship comedy from Woody Allen featuring a washed-up writer, his conflicted wife, an divorcee looking to find love again, a talented musician and a host of others.…
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Trailer Watch: September 2, 2010
Still no new trailers. This is the kind of doldrums I’m used to seeing in the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Who knows what’s going on. Anyway, we have two secondary posters for a couple of existing previews: Inside Job and Monsters. INSIDE JOB, poster #2 Plot Summary: An examination of the financial crisis…
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Tentpole Season: 2010 Summer Preview Wrap-Up
The best way to characterize this Summer was that I severely over-estimated the performances of nearly every film…either that or audiences just didn’t turn out where I thought they would. Aside from a few near-on predictions, most of the films weren’t. Although not all films have left theaters yet, we can probably tell from current…
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Trailer Watch: September 1, 2010
One lonely new trailer today. THE NEXT THREE DAYS Plot Summary: After his wife is put in prison for murder, a desperate husband decides to break her out so he and his family can live in peace. Release Date: November 19, 2010 Trailer Poster Previous Preview:The Next Three Days Rating: A- Commentary: Much like one…
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Looking at the Weekend: September 3-5, 2010
George Clooney takes on Danny Trejo at the box office this weekend and it’s bound to be a blow out match. The American stars Clooney as a hitman performing what he hopes to be his final job. Machete stars Trejo as a vengeance seeking vigilante promising to bring the pain. Trying to muscle into their…
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Trailer Watch: August 31, 2010
There were no new trailers or posters for me to review today, so you get a night off…or, should I say I get a night off.
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Trailer Watch: August 30, 2010
A short day to begin the week with documentary Decade of Disturbed the only new trailer this week, plus two new posters, one for Alpha and Omega and one for Burlesque. DECADE OF DISTURBED Plot Summary: A documentary covering the rise to fame of the heavy metal band Disturbed. Release Date: August 26, 2010 Trailer…
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Previews: Week Ending August 29, 2010
Another light week of trailers and posters. This should start picking up in the next two months as holiday films and Oscar contenders start making appearances. We’ve seen a handful of the Oscar hopefuls in the past three weeks, but more should be coming soon. In addition, we have three release date changes and have…
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Trailer Watch: August 27, 2010
One lonely little trailer released this week and how apropos that it’s title is The Virginity Hit. THE VIRGINITY HIT Plot Summary: A pseudo-documentary about four pals who decide to film one of their number’s attempt to lose his virginity. Release Date: September 10, 2010 Trailer Poster Rating: B- Commentary: It’s an amusing concept, but…
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Trailer Watch: August 26, 2010
A very slow Thursday. One new trailer for indie comedy Tamara Drewe and a new poster for yesterday’s preview The Freebie. There was a new trailer posted for Mesrine, a two-part film which I reviewed previously under its Part I title. Since the trailer is identical, I will not be reviewing it separately. TAMARA DREWE…
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Trailer Watch: August 25, 2010
Two more trailers tonight. The first is for an indie relationship drama called The Freebie. The second is for a semi-indie family drama called Legendary. Then, there are four new posters tonight, a triptych for Never Let Me Go and one for Robert De Niro/Edward Norton starrer Stone. THE FREEBIE Plot Summary: Trying to cope…
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Looking at the Weekend: August 27-29
There are two new wide releases this week, heist flick Takers and exorcist horror flick The Last Exorcism, and a new limited release, Roman conquering flick Centurion. It’s also an ultra-rare perfect strike out. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the…
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Trailer Watch: August 24, 2010
Three new trailers and a new poster today. The trailers are for Oscar winner Danny Boyle’s new film 127 Hours, the second trailer for the Drew Barrymore/Justin Long distance relationship seriocomedy Going the Distance and teen slumber party dare flick Triple Dog. The new poster is for Valerie Plame feature Fair Game. 127 HOURS Plot…
